highest career rushing yards per game by a player 1950 to 1960 minimum 50 games played

Between the 1950 and 1960 seasons, Rick Casares averaged the most rushing yards per game when playing 50+ games, with 61.3 per game.

NAMERUSH YDS/GGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Rick Casares
R. Casares
61.3
72
4,414
1,076
4.1
39
1,191
131
9.1
16.5
6
2Joe Perry
J. Perry
59.4
122
7,246
1,451
5.0
50
1,268
181
7.0
10.4
7
3Alan Ameche
A. Ameche
57.8
70
4,045
964
4.2
40
733
101
7.3
10.5
4
4Eddie Price
E. Price
52.3
63
3,292
846
3.9
20
672
75
9.0
10.7
4
5Dan Towler
D. Towler
52.1
67
3,493
672
5.2
43
665
62
10.7
9.9
1
6Ollie Matson
O. Matson
46.4
94
4,364
983
4.4
31
2,378
163
14.6
25.3
16
7Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
44.2
97
4,288
877
4.9
35
2,666
195
13.7
27.5
15
8Lenny Moore
L. Moore
42.2
60
2,531
449
5.6
24
3,509
193
18.2
58.5
30
9Bob Hoernschemeyer
B. Hoernschemeyer
41.3
59
2,439
553
4.4
17
951
96
9.9
16.1
7
10Alex Webster
A. Webster
40.4
62
2,502
642
3.9
25
1,562
133
11.7
25.2
10
11John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
38.1
74
2,817
613
4.6
21
626
84
7.5
8.5
2
12Frank Gifford
F. Gifford
37.7
95
3,579
833
4.3
32
3,552
257
13.8
37.4
26
13Johnny Olszewski
J. Olszewski
35.6
87
3,097
774
4.0
16
824
90
9.2
9.5
2
14Tank Younger
T. Younger
34.5
100
3,449
718
4.8
34
1,048
93
11.3
10.5
1
15J.D. Smith
J.D. Smith
34.3
59
2,025
407
5.0
18
373
55
6.8
6.3
2
16Fran Rogel
F. Rogel
34.1
96
3,271
900
3.6
17
1,087
150
7.2
11.3
2
17Mel Triplett
M. Triplett
33.2
69
2,289
553
4.1
11
368
31
11.9
5.3
3
18Tommy Wilson
T. Wilson
32.9
58
1,910
345
5.5
12
447
45
9.9
7.7
5
19Howie Ferguson
H. Ferguson
32.4
79
2,558
670
3.8
10
1,247
148
8.4
15.8
3
20Marion Motley
M. Motley
31.4
54
1,696
339
5.0
5
463
40
11.6
8.6
3
21George Taliaferro
G. Taliaferro
29.4
61
1,794
403
4.5
10
1,258
95
13.2
20.6
11
22Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
29.1
64
1,862
364
5.1
12
441
51
8.6
6.9
3
23L.G. Dupre
L.G. Dupre
28.8
59
1,701
460
3.7
11
1,082
98
11.0
18.3
7
24Fred Morrison
F. Morrison
28.8
84
2,420
578
4.2
12
721
67
10.8
8.6
2
25Joe Marconi
J. Marconi
28.0
58
1,623
362
4.5
18
441
57
7.7
7.6
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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